The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval tothe Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and France in the field of Renewable Energy on 10th March, 2018 in New Delhi.

. While short-term measures to deal with these macro-economic trends are essential, it is also necessary to look at the long-term structural changes required to bring about stability in the Indian economy and reduce exposure to the vagaries of macro-economic trends.

With the cost of solar pumps coming down, applications for solar water pumps is steeply rising in the state. Horticulture department has the target to install 7,500 solar pumps this year against which the number of new and pending applications have gone above 17,000. The reason behind truckloads of applications is that farmers in remote areas face irregular or no electricity supply.
“With prime minister Narendra Modi promoting startups, a number of companies have started solar water pumps business and the competition has resulted into decrease in prices,” horticulture minister Prabhu Lal Saini told DNA. “In 2016-17, the cost of a 3Hp (horsepower) solar water pump base model was Rs 3.72 lakh for DC (direct current) and Rs 3.40 lakh for AC (alternating current). In 2018-19 it has come down to Rs 2.52 lakh for DC and Rs 2.30 lakh for AC. Similarly, rate of 5Hp DCsolar water pump has come down to Rs 3.44 lakh from Rs 5.09 lakh and AC has reduced to Rs 3.06 lakh from 4.84 lakh,” he added.
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The Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh (MP), Shri Narayan Singh Kushwah inaugurated the one day Regional Conference on the theme of “New and Renewable Energy” in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh yesterday.

The questions regarding renewable energy are never-ending. Is there enough space for all the wind turbines and solar panels to provide all our energy needs? What happens when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow? Won't renewables destabilise the grid and cause blackouts?
A study conducted by the Lappeenranta University of Technology explored these questions and came to some interesting conclusions. The researchers doubted the feasibility of many of the recent scenarios for high shares of renewable energy, questioning everything from whether renewables-based systems can survive extreme weather events with the low sun and low wind, to the ability to keep the grid stable with so much variable generation.
The scientists then hit back with their response to the points raised by Heard and colleagues. The researchers analysed hundreds of studies from across the scientific literature to answer each of the apparent issues. They demonstrated that there are no roadblocks on the way to a 100 percent ...